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Subpart D--Citizens Band (CB) Radio Service

Sec. 95.401 (CB Rule 1) What are the Citizens Band Radio Services?

Source: 48 FR 24894, June 3, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

General Provisions


The Citizens Band Radio Services a
(a) The Citizens Band (CB) Radio Service--a private, two-way,
short-
distance voice communications service for personal or business
activities of the general public. The CB Radio Service may also be
used
for voice paging.
(b) The Family Radio Service (FRS)--a private, two-way, very
short-
distance voice communications service for facilitating family and
group
activities. The rules for this service are contained in subpart B of
this part.
(c) The Low Power Radio Service (LPRS)--a private, short-distance
communication service providing auditory assistance to persons with
disabilities, persons who require language translation, and persons in
educational settings, health care assistance to the ill, law
enforcement
tracking services in cooperation with law enforcement, and point-to-
point network control communications for Automated Marine
Telecommunications System (AMTS) coast stations licensed under part 80
of this chapter. The rules for this service are listed under subpart G
of this part. Two-way voice communications are prohibited.
(d) The Medical Implant Communications Service (MICS)--an
ultra-low
power radio service for the transmission of non-voice data for the
purpose of facilitating diagnostic and/or therapeutic functions
involving implanted medical devices. The rules for this service are
contained in subpart I of this part.
(e) The Wireless Medical Telemetry Service (WMTS)--a private,
short
distance data communication service for the transmission of patient
medical information to a central monitoring location in a hospital or
other medical facility. Voice and video communications are prohibited.
Waveforms such as electrocardiograms (ECGs) are not considered video.
The rules for this

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service are contained in subpart H of this part.

[61 FR 28769, June 6, 1996, as amended at 61 FR 46566, Sept. 4, 1996;
64
FR 69929, Dec. 15, 1999; 65 FR 44008, July 17, 2000; 65 FR 53190,
Sept.
1, 2000]

Effective Date Note: At 65 FR 44008, July 17, 2000, (corrected at
65
FR 53190, Sept. 1, 2000), in Sec. 95.401, paragraph (e) was added,
effective Oct. 16, 2000.


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Sec. 95.402 (CB Rule 2) How do I use these rules?

(a) You must comply with these rules (See CB Rule 21 Sec. 95.421,
for the penalties for violations) when you operate a station in the CB
Service from:
(1) Within or over the territorial limits of places where radio
services are regulated by the FCC (see CB Rule 5, Sec. 95.405);
(2) Aboard any vessel or aircraft registered in the United States;
or
(3) Aboard any unregistered vessel or aircraft owned or operated
by
a United States citizen or company.
(b) Your CB station must comply with technical rules found in
subpart E of part 95.
(c) Where the rules use the word ``you'', ``you'' means a person
operating a CB station.
(d) Where the rules use the word ``person,'' the rules are
concerned
with an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a
joint stock company, a trust, a state, territorial or local government
unit, or other legal entity.
(e) Where the rules use the term ``FCC'', that means the Federal
Communications Commission.
(f) Where the rules use the term ``CB station'', that means a
radio
station transmitting in the CB Radio Service.


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Sec. 95.403 (CB Rule 3) Am I eligible to operate a CB station?

You are authorized to operate a CB station unless:
(a) You are a foreign government, a representative of a foreign
government, or a federal government agency; or
(b) The FCC has issued a cease and desist order to you, and the
order is still in effect.


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Sec. 95.404 (CB Rule 4) Do I need a license?

You do not need an individual license to operate a CB station. You
are authorized by this rule to operate your CB station in accordance
with the rules in this subpart.


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Subpart C--Radio Control (R/C) Radio Service

Sec. 95.205 (R/C Rule 5) Where may I operate my R/C station?

You are authorized to operate your R/C station from:
(a) Within or over any area of the world where radio services are
regulated by the FCC. Those areas are within the territorial limits
of:
(1) The fifty United States
(2) The District of Columbia

Caribbean Insular areas

(3) Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
(4) Navassa Island
(5) United States Virgin Islands (50 islets and cays)

Pacific Insular areas

(6) American Samoa (seven islands)
(7) Baker Island
(8) Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands
(9) Guam Island
(10) Howland Island
(11) Jarvis Island
(12) Johnston Island (Islets East, Johnston, North and Sand)
(13) Kingman Reef
(14) Midway Island (Islets Eastern and Sand)
(15) Palmyra Island (more than 50 islets)
(16) Wake Island (Islets Peale, Wake and Wilkes)
(b) Any other area of the world, except within the territorial
limits of areas where radio services are regulated by--
(1) An agency of the United States other than the FCC. (You are
subject to its rules.)
(2) Any foreign government. (You are subject to its rules.)
(c) An aircraft or ship, with the permission of the captain,
within
or over any area of the world where radio services are regulated by
the
FCC or upon or over international waters. You must operate your R/C
station according to any applicable treaty to which the United States
is
a party.


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Sec. 95.406 (CB Rule 6) Are there any special restrictions on the
location of my CB station?

(a) If your CB station is located on premises controlled by the
Department of Defense you may be required to comply with additional
regulations imposed by the commanding officer of the installation.
(b) If your C/B station will be constructed on an environmentally
sensitive site, or will be operated in such a manner as to raise
environmental problems, under Sec. 1.1307 of this chapter, you must
provide an environmental assessment, as set forth in Sec. 1.1311 of
this
chapter, and undergo the environmental review, Sec. 1.1312 of this
chapter, before commencement of construction.

[48 FR 24894, June 3, 1983, as amended at 55 FR 20398, May 16, 1990]

How To Operate a CB Station


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Sec. 95.407 (CB Rule 7) On what channels may I operate?

(a) Your CB station may transmit only on the following channels
(frequencies):

------------------------------------------------------------------------
Frequency
Channel
(megahertz--MHz)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1................................................. .... 26.965
2................................................. .... 26.975
3................................................. .... 26.985
4................................................. .... 27.005
5................................................. .... 27.015
6................................................. .... 27.025
7................................................. .... 27.035
8................................................. .... 27.055
9................................................. .... \1\27.065
10................................................ .... 27.075
11................................................ .... 27.085
12................................................ .... 27.105
13................................................ .... 27.115
14................................................ .... 27.125
15................................................ .... 27.135
16................................................ .... 27.155
17................................................ .... 27.165
18................................................ .... 27.175
19................................................ .... 27.185
20................................................ .... 27.205
21................................................ .... 27.215
22................................................ .... 27.225
23................................................ .... 27.255
24................................................ .... 27.235
25................................................ .... 27.245
26................................................ .... 27.265
27................................................ .... 27.275
28................................................ .... 27.285
29................................................ .... 27.295
30................................................ .... 27.305
31................................................ .... 27.315
32................................................ .... 27.325
33................................................ .... 27.335
34................................................ .... 27.345
35................................................ .... 27.355
36................................................ .... 27.365
37................................................ .... 27.375
38................................................ .... 27.385
39................................................ .... 27.395
40................................................ .... 27.405
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ See paragraph (b) of this section.

(b) Channel 9 may be used only for emergency communications or for
traveler assistance.
(c) You must, at all times and on all channels, give priority to
emergency communication messages concerning the immediate safety of
life
or the immediate protection of property.
(d) You may use any channel for emergency communications or for
traveler assistance.

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(e) You must share each channel with other users.
(f) The FCC will not assign any channel for the private or
exclusive
use of any particular CB station or group of stations.
(g) The FCC will not assign any channel for the private of
exclusive
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Sec. 95.408 (CB Rule 8) How high may I put my antenna?

(a) Antenna means the radiating system (for transmitting,
receiving
or both) and the structure holding it up (tower, pole or mast). It
also
means everything else attached to the radiating system and the
structure.
(b) If your antenna is mounted on a hand-held portable unit, none
of
the following limitations apply.
(c) If your antenna is installed at a fixed location, it (whether
receiving, transmitting or both) must comply with either one of the
following:
(1) The highest point must not be more than 6.10 meters (20 feet)
higher than the highest point of the building or tree on which it is
mounted; or
(2) The highest point must not be more than 18.3 meters (60 feet)
above the ground.
(d) If your CB station is located near an airport, and if you
antenna structure is more than 6.1 meters (20 feet) high, you may have
to obey additional restrictions. The highest point of your antenna
must
not exceed one meter above the airport elevation for every hundred
meters of distance from the nearest point of the nearest airport
runway.
Differences in ground elevation between your antenna and the airport
runway may complicate this formula. If your CB station is near an
airport, you may contact the nearest FCC field office for a worksheet
to
help you figure the maximum allowable height of your antenna. Consult
part 17 of the FCC's Rules for more information.

Warning: Installation and removal of CB station antennas near
powerlines is dangerous. For your safety, follow the installation
directions included with your antenna.

[48 FR 24894, June 3, 1983, as amended at 48 FR 41416, Sept. 15, 1983]


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Sec. 95.409 (CB Rule 9) What equipment may I use at my CB station?

(a) You must use an FCC certificated CB transmitter at your CB
station. You can identify an FCC certificated transmitter by the
certification label placed on it by the manufacturer. You may examine
a
list of certificated equipment at any FCC Field Office or at FCC
Headquarters. Use of a transmitter which is not FCC certificated voids
your authority to operate the station.
(b) You must not make, or have made, any internal modification to
a
certificated CB transmitter. (See CB Rule 25, Sec. 95.425). Any
internal
modification to a certificated CB transmitter cancels the
certification,
and use of such a transmitter voids your authority to operate the
station.

[48 FR 24894, June 3, 1983, as amended at 63 FR 36610, July 7, 1998


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Sec. 95.410 (CB Rule 10) How much power may I use?

(a) Your CB station transmitter power output must not exceed the
following values under any conditions:

AM (A3)--4 watts (carrier power) SSB--12 watts (peak envelope
power)

(b) If you need more information about the power rule, see the
technical rules in subpart E of part 95.
(c) Use of a transmitter which has carrier or peak envelope power
in
excess of that authorized voids your authority to operate the station.


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Sec. 95.411 (CB Rule 11) May I use power amplifiers?

(a) You may not attach the following items (power amplifiers) to
your certificated CB transmitter in any way:
(1) External radio frequency (RF) power amplifiers (sometimes
called
linears or linear amplifiers); or
(2) Any other devices which, when used with a radio transmitter as
a
signal source, are capable of amplifying the signal.
(b) There are no exceptions to this rule and use of a power
amplifier voids your authority to operate the station.
(c) The FCC will presume you have used a linear or other external
RF
power amplifier if--

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(1) It is in your possession or on your premises; and
(2) There is other evidence that you have operated your CB station
with more power than allowed by CB Rule 10, Sec. 95.410.
(d) Paragraph (c) of this section does not apply if you hold a
license in another radio service which allows you to operate an
external
RF power amplifier.

[48 FR 24894, June 3, 1983, as amended at 63 FR 36610, July 7, 1998]


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Sec. 95.412 (CB Rule 12) What communications may be transmitted?

(a) You may use your CB station to transmit two-way plain language
communications. Two-way plain language communications are
communications
without codes or coded messages. Operating signals such as ``ten
codes''
are not considered codes or coded messages. You may transmit two-way
plain language communications only to other CB stations, to units of
your own CB station or to authorized government stations on CB
frequencies about--
(1) Your personal or business activities or those of members of
your
immediate family living in your household;
(2) Emergencies (see CB Rule 18, Sec. 95.418);
(3) Traveler assistance (see CB Rule 18, Sec. 95.418); or
(4) Civil defense activities in connection with official tests or
drills conducted by, or actual emergencies announced by, the civil
defense agency with authority over the area in which your station is
located.
(b) You may use your CB station to transmit a tone signal only
when
the signal is used to make contact or to continue communications.
(Examples of circuits using these signals are tone operated squelch
and
selective calling circuits.) If the signal is an audible tone, it must
last no longer than 15 seconds at one time. If the signal is a
subaudible tone, it may be transmitted continuously only as long as
you
are talking.
(c) You may use your CB station to transmit one-way communications
(messages which are not intended to establish communications between
two
or more particular CB stations) only for emergency communications,
traveler assistance, brief tests (radio checks) or voice paging.


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Sec. 95.413 (CB Rule 13) What communications are prohibited?

(a) You must not use a CB station--
(1) In connection with any activity which is against federal,
state
or local law;
(2) To transmit obscence, indecent or profane words, language or
meaning;
(3) To interfere intentionally with the communications of another
CB
station;
(4) To transmit one-way communications, except for emergency
communications, traveler assistance, brief tests (radio checks), or
voice paging;
(5) To advertise or solicit the sale of any goods or services;
(6) To transmit music, whistling, sound effects or any material to
amuse or entertain;
(7) To transmit any sound effect solely to attract attention;
(8) To transmit the word ``MAYDAY'' or any other international
distress signal, except when your station is located in a ship,
aircraft
or other vehicle which is threatened by grave and imminent danger and
your are requesting immediate assistance;
(9) To communicate with, or attempt to communicate with, any CB
station more than 250 kilometers (155.3 miles) away;
(10) To advertise a political candidate or political campaign;
(you
may use your CB radio for the business or organizational aspects of a
campaign, if you follow all other applicable rules);
(11) To communicate with stations in other countries, except
General
Radio Service stations in Canada; or
(12) To transmit a false or deceptive communication.
(b) You must not use a CB station to transmit communications for
live or delayed rebroadcast on a radio or television broadcast
station.
You may use your CB station to gather news items or to prepare
programs.


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Sec. 95.414 (CB Rule 14) May I be paid to use my CB station?

(a) You may not accept direct or indirect payment for transmitting
with a CB station.

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(b) You may use a CB station to help you provide a service, and be
paid for that service, as long as you are paid only for the service
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Sec. 95.415 (CB Rule 15) Who is responsible for communications I
make?

You are responsible for all communications which are made by you
from a CB station.


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Sec. 95.416 (CB Rule 16) Do I have to limit the length of my
communications?

(a) You must limit your CB communications to the minimum practical
time.
(b) If you are communicating with another CB station or stations,
you, and the stations communicating with you, must limit each of your
conversations to no more than five continuous minutes.
(c) At the end of your conversation, you, and the stations
communicating with you, must not transmit again for at least one
minute.


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Sec. 95.417 (CB Rule 17) Do I identify my CB communications?

(a) You need not identify your CB communications.
(b) [You are encouraged to identify your CB communications by any
of
the following means:
(1) Previously assigned CB call sign;
(2) K prefix followed by operator initials and residence zip code;
(3) Name; or
(4) Organizational description including name and any applicable
operator unit number.]
(c) [You are encouraged to use your ``handle'' only in conjuction
with the methods of identification listed in paragraph (b) of this
section.]


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Sec. 95.418 (CB Rule 18) How do I use my CB station in an emergency
or to assist a traveler?

(a) You must at all times and on all channels, give priority to
emergency communications.
(b) When you are directly participating in emergency
communications,
you do not have to comply with the rule about length of transmissions
(CB Rule 16, Sec. 95.416). You must obey all other rules.
(c) You may use your CB station for communications necessary to
assist a traveler to reach a destination or to receive necessary
services. When you are using your CB station to assist a traveler, you
do not have to obey the rule about length of transmissions (CB Rule
16,
Sec. 95.416). You must obey all other rules.
(d) You may use your CB station to transmit one-way communications
concerning highway conditions to assist travelers.

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Sec. 95.419 (CB Rule 19) May I operate my CB station transmitter by
remote control?

(a) You may not operate a CB station transmitter by radio remote
control.
(b) You may operate a CB transmitter by wireline remote control if
you obtain specific approval in writing from the FCC. To obtain FCC
approval, you must show why you need to operate your station by
wireline
remote control. If you receive FCC approval, you must keep the
approval
as part of your station records. See CB Rule 27, Sec. 95.427.
(c) Remote control means operation of a CB transmitter from any
place other than the location of the CB transmitter. Direct mechanical
control or direct electrical control by wire from some point on the
same
premises, craft or vehicle as the CB transmitter is not considered
remote control.

[48 FR 24894, June 3, 1983, as amended at 57 FR 40343, Sept. 3, 1992;
63
FR 68976, Dec. 14, 1998]


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Sec. 95.420 (CB Rule 20) May I connect my CB station transmitter to a
telephone?

(a) You may connect your CB station transmitter to a telephone if
you comply with all of the following:
(1) You or someone else must be present at your CB station and
must--
(i) Manually make the connection (the connection must not be made
by
remote control);
(ii) Supervise the operation of the transmitter during the
connection;
(iii) Listen to each communication during the connection; and

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(iv) Stop all communications if there are operations in violation
of
these rules.
(2) Each communication during the telephone connection must comply
with all of these rules.
(3) You must obey any restriction that the telephone company
places
on the connection of a CB transmitter to a telephone.
(b) The CB transmitter you connect to a telephone must not be
shared
with any other CB station.
(c) If you connect your CB transmitter to a telephone, you must
use
a phone patch device with has been registered with the FCC.

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Sec. 95.421 (CB Rule 21) What are the penalties for violating these
rules?

(a) If the FCC finds that you have willfully or repeatedly
violated
the Communications Act or the FCC Rules, you may have to pay as much
as
$10,000 for each violation, up to a total of $75,000. (See section
503(b) of the Communications Act.)
(b) If the FCC finds that you have violated any section of the
Communications Act or the FCC Rules, you may be ordered to stop
whatever
action caused the violation. (See section 312(b) of the Communications
Act.)
(c) If a Federal court finds that you have willfully and knowingly
violated any FCC Rule, you may be fined up to $500 for each day you
committed the violation. (See section 502 of the Communications Act.)
(d) If a Federal court finds that you have willfully and knowingly
violated any provision of the Communications Act, you may be fined up
to
$10,000 or you may be imprisoned for one year, or both. (See section
501
of the Communications Act.)

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Sec. 95.422 (CB Rule 22) How do I answer correspondence from the FCC?

(a) If it appears to the FCC that you have violated the
Communications Act or these rules, the FCC may send you a discrepancy
notice.
(b) Within the time period stated in the notice, you must answer
with:
(1) A complete written statement about the apparent discrepancy;
(2) A complete written statement about any action you have taken
to
correct the apparent violation and to prevent it from happening again;
and
(3) The name of the person operating at the time of the apparent
violation.
(c) If the FCC sends you a letter asking you questions about your
CB
radio station or its operation, you must answer each of the questions
with a complete written statement within the time period stated in the
letter.
(d) You must not shorten your answer by references to other
communications or notices.
(e) You must send your answer to the FCC office which sent you the
notice.
(f) You must keep a copy of your answer in your station records.
(See CB Rule 27, Sec. 95.427.)


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Sec. 95.423 (CB Rule 23) What must I do if the FCC tells me that my
CB station is causing interference?

(a) If the FCC tells you that your CB station is causing
interference for technical reasons you must follow all instructions in
the official FCC notice. (This notice may require you to have
technical
adjustments made to your equipment.)
(b) You must comply with any restricted hours of CB station
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Sec. 95.424 (CB Rule 24) How do I have my CB station transmitter
serviced?

(a) You may adjust an antenna to your CB transmitter and you may
make radio checks. (A radio check means a one way transmission for a
short time in order to test the transmitter.)
(b) You are responsible for the proper operation of the station at
all times and are expected to provide for observations, servicing and
maintenance as often as may be necessary to ensure proper operation.
You
must have all internal repairs or internal adjustments to your CB
transmitter made in accordance with the Technical Regulations (see
subpart E). The internal repairs or internal adjustments should be
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supervision and responsibility of a person certified as technically
qualified to perform transmitter maintenance and repair duties in the
private land mobile services and fixed services by an organization or
committee representative of users in those services.
(c) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this section, each
internal repair and each internal adjustment of a CB transmitter in
which signals are transmitted must be made using a nonradiating
(``dummy'') antenna.
(d) Brief test signals (signals not longer than one minute during
any five minute period) using a radiating antenna may be transmitted
in
order to:
(1) Adjust an antenna to a transmitter;
(2) Detect or measure radiation of energy other than the intended
signal; or
(3) Tune a receiver to your CB transmitter.


(Secs. 4(i) and 303(r), Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47
U.S.C. 154(i) and 303(r), and sec. 553 of the Administrative
Procedures
Act, 5 U.S.C. 553)

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Sec. 95.425 (CB Rule 25) May I make any changes to my CB station
transmitter?

(a) You must not make or have any one else make any internal
modification to your CB transmitter.
(b) Internal modification does not include:
(1) Repair or servicing of a CB station transmitter (see CB Rule
24,
Sec. 95.424); or
(2) Changing plug-in modules which were certificated as part of
your
CB transmitter.
(c) You must not operate a CB transmitter which has been modified
by
anyone in any way, including modification to operate on unauthorized
frequencies or with illegal power. (See CB Rules 9 and 11, Secs.
95.409
and 95.411.)

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Sec. 95.426 (CB Rule 26) Do I have to make my CB station available
for inspection?

(a) If an authorized FCC representative requests to inspect your
CB
station, you must make your CB station and records available for
inspection.
(b) A CB station includes all of the radio equipment you use.


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Sec. 95.427 (CB Rule 27) What are my station records?

Your station records include the following documents, as
applicable.
(a) A copy of each response to an FCC violation notice or an FCC
letter. (See CB Rule 22, Sec. 95.422.)
(b) Each written permission received from the FCC. (See CB Rule
19,
Sec. 95.419.)


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Sec. 95.428 (CB Rule 28) How do I contact the FCC?

(a) FCC National Call Center at 1-888-225-5322.
(b) FCC World Wide Web homepage: http://www.fcc.gov.
(c) In writing, to FCC, Attention: CB, 1270 Fairfield Road,
Gettysburg, PA 17325-7245.

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